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Peucer studied mathematics, astronomy, and medicine at the University of Wittenberg since 1540. In 1543, he became a lodger in the house of one of the most famous professors in Wittenberg, the theologian and humanist Philipp MelanchthonPhilipp Melanchthon ( February 16, 1497 April 19, 1560) was a German theologian and writer of the Protestant Reformation and an associate of Martin Luther. Early Life and Education Melanchthon was born at Bretten, near Karlsruhe, where his father, Georg S, whose daughter Magdalena he married in 1550Events February 7 Julius III becomes Pope The first book in Slovenian, Cattechismus and Abecedarium, written by Protestant reformer Primoz Trubar, is printed in Tubingen, Germany. Nostradamus' first almanac is written. Helsinki, the capital of Finland is. In 1554Events February 12 After claiming the throne of England the previous year, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason alongside her husband. March 17 Princess Elizabeth imprisoned in The Tower April 12 Mary of Guise becomes Regent of Scotland July 23 25 Weddi, he became professor of mathematics at Wittenberg, and in 1560Events February 27 The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. July 6 Treaty of Edinburgh between England, France professor of medicine, leading the Wittenberg faculty in that field. Until 1574, he also served several times as DeanA dean is a name commonly given someone with a senior role in an institution. In a university, a dean is often the head of a division, faculty, college, or school. In a school, a dean may have a counseling role and enforce discipline. In diplomacy, the ti and RectorThe word rector ("ruler," from the Latin regere has a number of different meanings. The Rector is the highest academic official of a university in many countries. At some universities they have the title of rector magnificus. In Scotland, the position of. In spite of his medical profession--in 1570, he became even personal physician to the ElectorIn the Holy Roman Empire, the prince-electors or electoral princes German: Kurfurst (singular) Kurfursten (plural)—were the members of the electoral college of Holy Roman Empire, having the function of electing the king of Germany before his accession as of Saxony--he was, after the death of Melanchthon, one of the leading Protestants in Saxony.

However, in 1574 Peucer was officially charged with Crypto-Calvinism in an inter- Lutheran fight for power and put in jail in the famed Königstein Fortress for 12 years. Released in 1586, he went to the Duchy of Anhalt, where he became Councillor and personal physician of the Prince of Anhalt. He died in the capital of Dessau in 1602.